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Touch Screen Voting Trouble in Florida

Posted by michael on from the need-a-florida-topic-like-fark dept.

usn2fsu03 writes "Here we go again with another election controversy in South Florida. Touch screen voting was used in a State House election that was won by twelve votes. Unfortunately, there were 134 people who went through the process of checking in to vote, but either did not vote or cast a vote that was not counted. Without a paper trail it is anyone's guess as to what those voters' intentions were. Obviously, there is work to be done in the Election Supervisor's office before November comes around."

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  1. It was the psychics by fruey · · Score: 5, Funny

    They just touched the screen with their whole palm, and expected it to sense who they wanted to vote for :)

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  2. Push the VOTE button! by KirkH · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they can't figure out to push the VOTE button to count their selection, maybe they shouldn't be voting anyway...

  3. That's it.... by moitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Florida is not allowed to vote in the next federal election. Bad Florida! Bad! Go to your room!

    -moitz-

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    Screw 'em...who cares what anyone thinks.
  4. Re: Or use the VOTE wizard! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Welcome to the vote wizard. This is where you can make your selection for President of the United States. Remember that many others are voting and your selection may not match the final choice for President of the United States.

    What would you like to do?

    • Vote Democratic (Decrease my own personal responsibility but raise everybody's taxes)
    • Vote Republican (Keep more of my own income but increase my own personal responsibility)
    • Help with understanding these options (I live in Florida)
  5. Technology can solve this. by alan_dershowitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has been verified that faulty citizen failure has resulted in at least one contested Florida election. It's no surprise. Some of these citizens have been around since the '20s! They cost a fortune to maintain. Clearly we can do better than this.

    I recommend replacing them. Shiny new electronic voters would reduce the problem of incorrect vote selection, as well as ambiguous ballots, or the inability to understand clear, spoken or written English. Computers are far better at binary selection than senior citizens, so they should have no problem.